[The year of the world aids day: children in a world of AIDS]. / Arets världsaidsdag: barn i en värld med aids.
Lakartidningen
; 94(48): 4501-2, 1997 Nov 26.
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ABSTRACT
PIP "Children living in a world with AIDS" was the theme of a UNAIDS campaign launched because 1 million children are infected with HIV and 9 million children have become orphans due to AIDS (90% in sub-Saharan Africa). During 1996 alone, 400,000 children were infected 90% were infected during pregnancy, delivery, or while breast feeding; the remaining 10% were infected sexually or via blood or blood products. In Africa, only one-third of HIV-infected children survive their 3rd birthday, and 8% of all children in Zimbabwe have lost their mothers to AIDS. A similar situation is rapidly evolving in Asia and South America. In Spain and Italy, more than 600 children have AIDS; most of them were infected through drug-abusing mothers. In France the figure is comparable, but here a large segment is represented by children of mothers from African countries. The total number of children with AIDS in the European Community is 2800 86% were infected through their mothers. Romania has 4000 children with AIDS, who were predominantly infected via nonsterile syringes and blood transfusion. The European Commission has a specific AIDS prevention program, which addresses the measurement of disease spread, counteracting the disease, information and education, support for persons with HIV/AIDS, and countering discrimination. The risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission can be reduced from 25% to 8% by zidovudine (AZT) treatment during pregnancy and delivery.^ieng
Palavras-chave
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention and control; Africa; Age Factors; Child; Child Health; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Europe; European Community; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Health; Hiv Infections--prevention and control; Hiv Infections--transmission; Infant; International Agencies; Mothers; Organizations; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; Treatment; Un; Viral Diseases; Youth
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